Saturday, December 22, 2007


MANHATTAN'S
NEW MUSEUM
DISASTER
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I always figured that Gehry's crushed-coke-can edifices, though ugly as sin, would at least have the function of opening the door to new forms of architectural design. But what they seem to have done instead, is to create total chaos and a complete loss of direction, a perfect example of which, is this

NEW MUSEUM

that lacks all form or grace or power or even a hint of greatness, and inside of which, headbumping ceilings covered with a highly intrusive lighting system, compete with the building's much too stingy exhibition spaces.

So I was obviously wrong, in my optimistic expectation. Because going
from
crushed-coke-cans
to
stacked-cake-boxes
proves not to be the road to brilliance.

Too bad.
I hate ugly things!
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